Why a Right to Explanation of Automated Decision-Making Does Not Exist in the General Data Protection Regulation
Turing Institute · British Library · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Since approval of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016, it has been widely and repeatedly claimed that the GDPR will legally mandate a ‘right to explanation’ of all decisions made by automated or artificially intelligent algorithmic systems. This right to explanation is viewed as an ideal mechanism to enhance the accountability and transparency of automated decision-making. However, there are several reasons to doubt both the legal existence and the feasibility of such a right. In contrast to the right to explanation of specific automated decisions claimed elsewhere, the GDPR only mandates that data subjects receive meaningful, but properly limited, information (Articles 13-15) about the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 65.76
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- 100%
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Authors
3- SWSandra WachterCorresponding
Turing Institute, British Library, University of Oxford, The Alan Turing Institute, University College London
- BMBrent Mittelstadt
Turing Institute, British Library, University of Oxford, The Alan Turing Institute
- LFLuciano Floridi
Turing Institute, British Library, University of Oxford, The Alan Turing Institute, University College London
Topics & keywords
- General Data Protection Regulation
- Ambiguity
- Transparency (behavior)
- Scope (computer science)
- Accountability
- Mandate
- Computer science
- Data Protection Act 1998